Category: Sentinel-NBS News

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     North Brunswick Boy Scout Michael Bauer (l) and fellow Scout Tom Kwiatkowski assemble the seating portion of a wheelchair-accessible picnic table at Babbage Park on Saturday. ANDREW MILLER staff

  • Middlesex County to create sustainability plan

    Receives grant from DCA to create ‘green’ plan for other counties to follow BY TOM CAIAZZA Staff Writer EDISON – Middlesex County has been chosen by the state Department of Community Affairs to create an environmental sustainability plan that other counties in the state can model. The county will hold a series of workshops for…

  • Municipal budget carries 5-cent hike

    Capital projects include park upgrades, work on water treatment plant BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer North Brunswick residents will see a 5- cent tax rate increase under the fiscal year 2008 municipal budget, which was adopted at Monday night’s Township Council meeting. The owner a home with an assessed value of $157,000, which officials said…

  • N.B. hopes to make the scene more green

    New tree adoption program to add life to neighborhoods and parks BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – The township is looking to spruce up its greenways with a newly adopted tree planting program. Residents can make a donation of $300 to have a tree chosen, installed and cared for at the Community Park…

  • Suspect in fatal crash makes ‘Most Wanted’

    Rizwan Chaudhary fled after accident that killed boy, 9 BY VINCENT TODARO Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – Police are hoping that the TV show “America’s Most Wanted” will help them track down the suspect in a car accident that killed a 9- year-old township boy on Christmas Eve 2001. The program recently aired a segment…

  • Club, committees applauded for service to community

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK – Three volunteer organizations that are holding upcoming events were honored by the Celebrate North Brunswick Committee on Monday. On Oct. 7, the Italian American Social Club and its Ladies Auxiliary will hold its 25th annual Columbus Day parade, beginning at 1 p.m. on Georges Road. A gala…

  • Blitzburgers touches down in No. Brunswick

    BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Anew restaurant in town has North Brunswick residents putting on the Blitz. Brothers Jimmy and Bill Bliziotis (l-r) showcase their signature stuffed burgers, which have the ingredients sandwiched between two patties, at Blitzburgers Grill and Café, located in the Renaissance Plaza shopping center on Route 130. Blitzburgers Grill and Café,…

  • A ‘new reality’ revealed at museum

    Show features works of major photographers from 1950s to present Among the photographs included in “A New Reality: Black-and-White Photography in Contemporary Art” are Diane Arbus’ “Two Ladies in the Automat,” from New York City in 1966 (left); and Frederic Brenner’s “Citizens Protesting Anti-Semitic Acts, Billings, Montana,” from 1994 (above). NEW BRUNSWICK – A new…

  • Football group wants to keep intruders away

    N.B. Pop Warner league wants only its teams in park at night BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer An incident at North Brunswick’s Sabella Park on Saturday has prompted the Adams Athletic Club Pop Warner league to request an added police presence during all home football games. The North Brunswick Adams Athletic Club Pop Warner football…